On February 5, 1997, “Cleopatra” label released “Manifest Destiny”, the eight, and final Brand X album.. It was recorded February 1996, and was produced by Shawn Ahearn and Sami Kaneda.

Personnel:

• John Goodsall – narrator, guitar, rhythm guitar, MIDI guitar,  orchestra, organ, sampling, sitar, synthesizer, tubular bells, wah wah guitar
• Percy Jones – fretless bass, wah wah bass, keyboards, sequencing, sound effects, special effects
• Pierre Moerlen– drums
• Franz Pusch – vocals, bass, fender rhodes, keyboards, percussion, programming, sampling, sequencing, sound effects, synthesizer
• Marc Wagnon – bass, MIDI vibes, synthesizer, vibraphone
• Frank Katz – vocals, drums, sampling
• Danny Wilding – flute
• Ronnie Ciago –”Virus”, rainstick,  shaker,  tamtam, udu
• David Hentschel– engineer
• Keith Lewis – technical assistant
• Mark Tessler – photography

Track listing:

1. True to the Clik – John Goodsall, Franz Pusch
2. Stellerator – Percy Jones
3. Virus – John Goodsall, Franz Pusch
4. XXL – John Goodsall
5. The Worst Man – Percy Jones
6. Manifest Destiny – John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Frank Katz, Marc Wagnon
7. Five Drops – Marc Wagnon
8. Drum Ddu – Percy Jones
9. Operation Hearts and Minds – John Goodsall
10. Bubble Goes to Hollywood – Percy Jones, Frank Katz
11. Disco Suicide (live) – Robin Lumley
12. Bass and Drum Solo Improvisation (live)